Anyone collect '50 Bowman?

[Griffins]

I was looking for mid grade, aren't super picky about centering, and often value finishing a set over waiting for a bargain, and still found the low numbers tough.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Griffins

I was looking for mid grade, aren't super picky about centering, and often value finishing a set over waiting for a bargain, and still found the low numbers tough.

I think that my approach would be much like yours, but it might be hard for me to let go of centering. Unfortunately, that has grown on me over the years and I can't seem to let go of it.

Are you building your set graded or ungraded? Actually, that question is for all of you.

[Griffins]

raw, but many of the low numbers I bought were PSA 3-5, which I cracked.
Centering, from what I saw, was not as big an issue on this set as some others. It was either pretty decent or completely miscut, which I passed on.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Griffins

raw, but many of the low numbers I bought were PSA 3-5, which I cracked.
Centering, from what I saw, was not as big an issue on this set as some others. It was either pretty decent or completely miscut, which I passed on.

Good point, I had been noticing that the centering on the '50 set didn't appear super noticeable unless (like you said) a card was miscut. Thanks for your input. Good luck on finishing up. I just want to start something I like and finish.

[PolarBear]

One of my favorite Bowman sets along with the 52 and 53.

[Volod]

First collecting cards as a seven-year-old, I thought the 1952 Bowman set was the greatest thing since the Lone Ranger - and to some extent, Tonto. But, since Topps products had not yet penetrated my part of the market, I bought as many '52 Bowman wax packs as my 50-cent lunch stipend would allow. It was astounding to occasionally see a strange mutant-looking card with a name placard instead of a signature in the collections of older kids, but hard for me to wrap my tiny brain around the concept of card sets from way, way back in 1951, let alone even earlier. Years later, the '50 Bowmans still seemed like just a truncated precursor of the '51's.

[tedzan]

Kid's story from the Summer of 1950......

After collecting the 1948 and 1949 Bowman cards, us kids were very excited to see the colorful 1950 Bowman cards in the Spring of 1950. During that Summer (when we
were not playing Baseball (or stickball), five of us 10 year olds would gather at one of our porches and play Black Jack....using these Bowman cards as "chips".
I guess I was pretty good at playing Black Jack, since from my original Sportscard collection I recovered 222 cards (of the 252) from this set.



Two 8-card panels from the 1st series (#1 - 72)





5th 36-card complete uncut sheet....#145 - 180


(Pardon this segmented scan....this 36-card sheet is simply too large for my scanner. I had to improvise.)



TED Z
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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Speaking of centering and condition generally (1950 Bowman or most any other set) it occurs to me that if I would simply lower my standards a little, I could accomplish so much more. I shy away from building certain sets because I have programmed myself into thinking that everything has to be ex, exmt, or better and, therefore, it gets more expensive than I want it to. Collecting is just a hobby to me; I enjoy the look of the cards. I don't want to build sets full of beaters, but accepting light creasing away from the main part of the image and/or less than perfect centering (not miscuts) wouldn't be the end of the world...